Bates College SCARAB The aB tes Student Archives and Special Collections 9-25-1981 The aB tes Student - volume 111 number 02 - September 25, 1981 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: https://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student Recommended Citation Bates College, "The aB tes Student - volume 111 number 02 - September 25, 1981" (1981). The Bates Student. 2279. https://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student/2279 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at SCARAB. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aB tes Student by an authorized administrator of SCARAB. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Student Volume 111, Number2 Established 1873 September 25, 1981 Tenure denied Work begins this summer politics, science profs Rand renovation by Scott A. Damon was over the past six years,” when News Editor he taught at Bates. “Some of my credentials and characteristics that may close Fiske were viewed with suspicion and en¬ “It’s nearly impossible for facul¬ by Derek Anderson eliminated, some student leaders ty here not to see it as an evalua¬ mity elsewhere are considered and Lise LaPointe said early this week, a major party tion of teaching,” said Acting positively at Yale Law School,” he Staff Reporters site on campus would be Dean of the Faculty John Cole. said. eliminated. The total capacity of Simon is on a one-year unpaid “It” is the tenure evaluation pro¬ The administration has an¬ Fiske Lounge is 500 students. cess, conducted yearly. Of the six leave of absence from the college nounced tenitive plans for a major professors eligible last spring, only and will return for the academic renovation of Rand Hall this sum¬ One junior stated, “1 think Rand four received tenure. year 1982-1983 if he does not take mer. If adopted by the Board of Hall should be renovated, but we Receiving tenure were Pro¬ the option of resigning by March Trustees, the current proposal definitely need a place on campus fessors Robert Thomas, Lisbeth 15, 1982. He said he has no plans Profs. John W. Simon ... would eliminate Fiske Lounge. for parties, other than Chase Francis, Richard Williamson and to move from Lewiston in the near The renovation plans, as they Hall.” Robert Branham. future. now stand, would convert the Beer cannot be served at Chase Francis is the third woman to at¬ Tenure decisions are usually Fiske Lounge area into a series of Hall functions. tain tenured status at Bates. made after a professor has been single-and double-occupancy working at Bates for six years, Not getting tenure were Pro¬ suites, similar to those in John Carignan stated that the ad¬ fessors Jolyon Sprowles and John although some professors can ap¬ Bertram Hall (J B), but “on a larger ministration was “committed to Simon. Sprowles is still working at ply educational experience at other scale.” having a multi-purpose space” at Bates this year while seeking other institutions count towards those According to James Carignan, the college for a variety of student employment. Simon is finishing six years. * dean of the college, the ad¬ activities. his law degree at Yale University in The professors are evaluated on ministration was looking for plans New Haven, Connecticut. several criteria by the Faculty Per¬ that were “energy conscious, that Assistant Dean James Reese, sonnel Committee, which makes utilized space and that would con¬ who also serves as coordinator of “The powers that be have decid¬ recommendations based on letters tribute to a congenial residence for student activities, commented that ed that I’m not doing what they from the candidates’ department students.” “we don’t want to cut down on the think a professor of chemistry heads, from students and others. In addition, “flexibility, to max¬ social activities available to should do,” said Sprowles. “The The committee’s recommenda¬ imize the use of singles, to develop students,” but added, “I think it’s net effect is that I’m leaving Bates tions are forwarded to the trustees the use of the suite concept and to unfair for Rand to have to host all two years earlier than I thought I and the president, who make the .. .and Jolyon C. Sprowles, in intergrate the functions” of the the functions on campus.” would.” The chemistry professor final decision. The professors are happier times. File photos._ facility, Carignan added, were also said he would be seeking employ¬ notified of the final decision after in the past two years faculty and factors in the decisions. This Reese also observed “it is impor¬ ment in the computer and the trustees’ mid-year meeting in students have sought to increase means that kitchenettes and a tant for students not just to talk chemicals industry. June and given the option of work¬ student input to tenure decisions. seminar room will be included in about the situation, but to get their Simon commented, by letter, ing one more year at Bates while Last spring an ad-hoc committee the plans, he said. feelings down on paper.” He in¬ that he is “far happier now than I looking for other employment. (Continued on page 12) But if Fiske Lounge will be dicated that this would be a way for the administration to under¬ Luncheon seminar provides forum stand some of the student opinion on the issue. Theme houses proposed Student leaders last week voiced by Scott A. Damon houses would help promote diver¬ would be allowed to have the same “We don’t mean fraternity considerable concern over the pro¬ News Editor sity on campus by grouping theme two years in a row. house at all,” Carignan said, posal. students with similar interests into “We feel that the concept, which noting that the deans would con¬ Next year may see the establish¬ a single house. This grouping, he is only an idea now, is worth sult the Representative Assembly Bob McBreen, president of ment of so-called “theme houses” continued, would foster the reviewing,” said James W. (RA) residential life committee Chase Hall Committee, a frequent at Bates, dormitories in which development of these concerns Carignan, dean of the college. (Continued on page 12) user of Fiske Lounge, commented, groups of students sharing a com¬ which often fade without the “before Fiske is renovated, it is on¬ mon interest will live. presence of students with similar ly fair to provide an alternative The idea for theme houses came interests. Electronic games OK'd location which is comparable to largely from a paper delivered at Branham proposed that a by Britt Mueller said, and he in turn proposed the Fiske.” the Sugarloaf Conference Sept. 12 limited number of houses be set Staff Reporter idea to the business office. There McBreen added, “If Fiske is lost by Rhetoric Professor Robert aside to be theme houses and that was some debate, according to and no other facility is found, the Branham. groups could propose themes. A pastime which has become a Reese, whether the games were a Chase Hall Committee will be in a In his paper, titled “Our True Under his tentative plan, a national obsession will soon be good idea or if they encouraged lot of trouble.” Business,” Branham argued that student-faculty committee would available at Bates: electronic students to “throw their money review the proposals and no house the establishement of theme games. away.” The final decision, though, Melissa Weisstuch, president of The school will be getting five to was that the students could budget the Campus Association, said, This Week eight video and pinball electronic their time responsibly despite the “the Little Brother/Little Sister games, according to James Reese, presence of the games. program would be seriously ef¬ coordinator of student activities. The games will be inexpensive fected. Fiske Lounge was a very Amherst team on Garcelon Field. Inside The Student this week: These will be installed in the game for Bates to install, but the college convenient place for us to hold our Scores and results from other What avenues can students, room in the basement of Chase doesn’t expect to turn a profit. A Little Brother/Little Sister parties. teams are found in Sports, along faculty and administrators use to Hall. 50 percent commission, Reese The closing of Fiske would affect with an extensive Scoreboard up¬ interact? The Student examines The idea of electronic games said, may be used to pay atten¬ the community through this pro¬ this subject in a special report on date. was initiated by students, Reese dants in the game room. gram.” page 3. Reviews of records and a special The football team opens its on the upcoming concert/lecture season tomorrow against a, tough series in the arts section. Bates hires A preview of Back-to-Bates INDEX weekend. former federal energy consultant Maine’s new drunk driving law: Arts and Entertainment.. Page 9 a synopsis. by Jon Skillings students involved would be the Boulanger, though, ArtsDates. Page 9 Staff Reporter “key” to decreased energy con¬ acknowledged that she could only Bates Briefs.,Page 2 sumption. be vague now about the tasks her BatesDates.Page 12 Next Week After only a “cursory glance” at Hired just in time for the com¬ job might entail. Bates Forum.Page 11 buildings on the campus, Bates’ ing heating season, Boulanger will The Clark University graduate Dateline: Lewiston.Page 2 Next week in The Student: new energy consultant already has be working about 24 hours a week, remarked that she would “look at Editorials.Page 11 Preppies: an in-depth look in some ideas about how to save the but plans “to be flexible.” everything that’s been done,” pre¬ The Music Beat.Page 9 Leisure.